manko

From Italian manco, first-person singular present tense of mancare (“to lack, miss”).

• IPA^(key): /manɡko/, [ˈmɑŋkʰo]

manko c (singular definite mankoen, plural indefinite mankoer)

1. deficiency
2. deficit

From manki (“to be lacking”) +‎ -o (nominal suffix). First attested in 1888.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanko/

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• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: man‧ko
• Hyphenation: mank‧o

manko (accusative singular mankon, plural mankoj, accusative plural mankojn)

2. lack, shortage

   Li suferas de manko de oksigeno. ― He's suffering from a lack of oxygen.

   • 2024 December 14, Kristin Tytgat, “Esperanto kiel ponto inter kulturoj”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 January 2025:

     Aliflanke, se ekzistas multaj egal-rangaj sed malpli konataj kulturoj, miskomprenoj pli facile povas okazi pro manko de unu komuna normo.

     On the other hand if there exists a lot of equal-ranking but less known cultures, misunderstandings can occur more easily caused by a lack of one common norm.

From mankar +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanko/

manko (plural manki)

1. want, lack, absence, deficiency, shortcoming, need

manko

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんこ
2. Rōmaji transcription of マンコ

manko

1. less
2. (often with definite article) least

• menos

• (obsolete) manco

Borrowed from German Manko. Doublet of mańka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.kɔ/

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• Rhymes: -aŋkɔ
• Syllabification: man‧ko
• Homophone: Manko

manko n

1. (accounting) deficit, shortfall, ullage (lack of money in the cash register or goods in the warehouse in relation to the accounting balance, detected during an inspection)

   Antonym: superata

   Hypernym: niedobór

2. (economics) deficit, shortfall, ullage (deficit compared to planned profit and loss balance)

   Antonym: superata

   Hypernym: niedobór

• manko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• manko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• manko in PWN's encyclopedia